william whitfibld



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TO AIAL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM WHITFIELD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Needle-Wrapper for putting up sewing needles for sale, and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, in which-1 Figure I represents the needle-wrapper extended, the dotted lines showing the lines at which the wrapper is folded.

Figure 2 represents the needle-wrapper with needles in it and opened for removing them; land i Figure 3 represents the wrapper when folded up.

Needle-wrappers consist generally of sheets of paper suitably folded to enclose the needles.

The object of my invention is to hold the needles to the wrapper securely, so that when the wrapper is opened they do not fall out, and at the same time to maintain them in such separate positions that their relative sizes'can'be seen, and that any one may he readily remved or reinserted. To this end vmy invention con` sists ofthe combination ofthe fabric ofthe wrapper with a series of thread loops, which hold the needles to the fabric and permit their withdrawal or insertion. i i

The fabric used for the wrapper may he paper alone, or paper and cloth, or cloth alone; but I prefer to use for the purpose paper strengthened at the position of the needles by a strip of cloth pasted upon it. I prefer to cut such i paper into sheets of about four times the length of the longest needle to be wrapped, and about three inches in breadth, (as represented at fig. I of the accompanying drawing,) and to paste upon the back of such sheet, at the place where the needles are to be held, a strip of thin cotton-cloth.l In the example represented in the drawings the strip extends from the dotted linea a to the edgeb b. lllfhen the sheet, thus s'trengthened,-is dry, two rows' of thread loops, c c c c', are sewed across it to hold the needles, as represented at iig. 2., The wrapper, thus made, may be folded up before the insertion of the needles and then reopened, or may be folded after such insertion; 'or the needles may be secured to the wrapper as the sewing proceeds. The thread used may be silk or of other material, silk being preferred. The sewing may be done by hand or by machinery, 'which may also lay the needles in their placesV as the stitching proceeds. The form of' stitch by. which the loop is produced is not material so long as the needles are properly held, but I prefer to make a single-thread chain-stitch for the purpose, the chain loops being on the back of the fabric. lIn place of making the wrapper' of paper, strengthened by cloth, (as I prefen) the part-to which the needles are securedmay be prepared by doubling a part of the Sheet 'of paper so as to make it of two thicknesses of paper, or it may be entirely ofmcloth, and may be secured by pasting, or otherwise, tov a piece of paper which iforms the exterior of the wrapper when it is folded. I prefer to employ two rows of loops, but one ormore may be used,l as found expedient.

What I claim as my inveution,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A needle-wrapper, composed of a sheet of fabric, combined with a series of thread loops to hold the needles to the fabric, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this thirteenth day of November, A. D. 186B.

JOHN WILLIAM WHITFIELD.

Witnesses:

E. SRENWICK, F. W. WUnsTER. 

